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Chapter 8: You are not Alone

I sat staring apprehensively at the elderly headmaster who still had that irksome twinkle in his eye. The Cullen's, Harry, Ron, Hermione and I had been sitting in Dumbledore's office for about five minutes, waiting for him to say something, but he just sat there, sucking on a lemon drop in his brightly coloured robes.

"So, what happened?" Dumbledore asked finally, still smiling as if we were just here for a social visit.

I sucked in a breath and explained to Dumbledore what happened today during the tryouts.

"...so, Emily hit the Bludger with so much force that it flew though the goal hoop faster thanI had ever seen. The only thing was Derek was still behind the hoop so the Bludger ended up hitting him in the nose, breaking it and knocking him unconscious. Emily had caught him just before he hit the ground but he was already bleeding." I told Dumbledore.

"I see. And I take it that the Cullen's we watching the tryouts from the stands?" Dumbledore asked.

Jasper bowed his head in shame. "Professor, I'm sorry. I smelt the blood and I just lost control. Alice warned me not to breathe, but it was too late. It was a good thing Bella stopped me."

Dumbledore smiled at me proudly. "Yes. It was a very good thing that Bella stopped you." His face then turned serious. "But the fact remains that you lost control. By now the news will have spread and students will have heard about the accident. They will be less trusting of any of you now. I wouldn't be surprised if I start receive letters from parents."

Jasper's head dropped lower and I could feel the waves of guilt pulsating off of him.

"Professor," I interrupted. "When you asked the Cullen's to come to Hogwarts, you knew that they were vampires, didn't you?"

"I did." Dumbledore answered, looking at me expectantly.

"Then you must have been prepared in case this sort of thing ever happened. You knew the risks of having vampires in a school full of students learning magic. You warned everyone in at the beginning of term to avoid injuring themselves as much as possible. But still, it was bound to happen eventually. Regardless of the fact that they are 'vegetarian' vampires, their instincts still tell them that human blood is their natural food source, and in a school such as ours, there isn't a day that goes by that someone has to go to the hospital wing due to an injury that was caused by use of accidental magic. Now that I think about it, I would have expected this to have happened already." I continued.

Dumbledore stared at me for a moment and I couldn't help but hold my breath as I waited for him to say something. I could feel the stares of everyone in the room looking at me as if I sprouted another head. I too was a little shocked about by last statement. What made me defend the Cullen's like that?

"You're right." Dumbledore finally said. "I did expect for this to happen. I had hoped that it wouldn't have happen so soon, but never the less, it has. Don't worry about the students; you won't get much trouble from them. The Slytherin's may be a bit of a hassle, but that's all I would expect. Mr Cullen." Dumbledore said addressing Jasper. Jasper's gaze shifted to Dumbledore. "I know that you are disappointed in yourself, but you must remember that what had just happened was not your fault. Don't dwell on the past, but concentrate on the future. Make up for your mistakes by trying to overcome the obstacles that stand in your way."

When Dumbledore said this, I saw Edward turn to look at me and I could tell that he was thinking about something hard. I looked back at Dumbledore, trying to keep my emotions in check.

"Now that the problem is solved, you may leave now and head down to the great hall for lunch. I'm sure that Mr Potter and Miss Black would like to discuss about the Gryffindor tryouts." Dumbledore said, standing up from his chair.

"Thank you Professor." I said quickly, wanting to get out of the office as soon as possible. I stood up and was just about to leave the office when someone spoke up.

"Professor, there's something that I would like to ask you." Harry said.

"What is it Mr Potter?"

"Well, when Bella stopped Jasper, she cast another spell, one I had never heard of." Harry told him. I grimaced and slouched back down into my chair, admitting defeat.

"Really?" Dumbledore asked curiously. I could tell that he was interested about this turn of events.

"Yes." Carlisle answered. "I too had never heard of it. It was a fascinating spell. The end result turned Jasper's eyes from black back to gold, showing that he was no longer thirsty."

"That's not just it." Jasper added. "She cast the spell twice. The first time she had pointed her wand at my nose. When she said the spell, a purple mist surrounded my nose, and when it disappeared, I couldn't smell anything. Not even Alice's scent and she was kneeling right beside my head."

Everyone turned too look at me, the question clear in their eyes.

"What happened the second time Miss Black cast this unknown spell?" Dumbledore asked Jasper.

"The second time she pointed it at my throat and when the purple mist disappeared, I could no longer taste the venom at the back of my throat. With the raging burn at the back of my throat gone, I was no longer thirsty." Jasper concluded.

Once again they were all staring at me even more shocked than before.

"Miss Black, I must admit that I myself have never heard of any spell that removed a vampire's thirst. Can you please explain to me how you have managed it?" Dumbledore asked. Damn, no one can say no to Dumbledore.

I sighed and rubbed my face with my hands. "I created it myself." I admitted. Everyone was silent in the room. I removed my head from my hands and looked at everyone's astounded faces, including Dumbledore who was looking at me with an almost calculated look.

"When did you create this spell?" Dumbledore asked seriously.

"When I was in Forks." I told him. Dumbledore didn't say anything, so I figured that he was waiting for me to continue. "When I first found out that my blood was more appealing to Edward than anyone else's, I started researching ways to make it easier for him to be around me. I couldn't find anything though, so I thought that maybe I could create a spell to help him myself. I asked more questions about vampires and Edward told me that he gets thirsty when the burn at the back of his throat got too intense. He also said that it's the taste of his venom that causes the burn and that when he can smell blood, it causes more venom to flow into his mouth, therefore creating the burn in his throat.

"This got me thinking. If I could somehow block a vampire's sense of smell, they wouldn't be able to smell the blood. But then I thought, 'why stop there?' I began trying to create a spell that blocks all of the five senses; sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. It took me months to get it right, but eventually I succeeded. If I wanted to block just one of the five senses, I would need to be of close range of the target, point my wand at the place where I want to block the sense and say 'Obsido Sensus.' If I wanted to block all of the five senses at the same time, I don't need to be close. I just have to point my wand at the target and say 'Obsido Sensus Funditus.' In Latin it means 'total block of senses.' I haven't actually tried that spell yet, seeing as it was too risky to try it on myself. If I blocked all five of my senses, there is big risk that I wouldn't be able to reverse it. I wouldn't be able to see where I point my wand, I wouldn't be able to hear anything and my sense of touch would be removed, so I wouldn't be able to feel whether or not I'm actually holding my wand." I concluded.

I stared nervously at Dumbledore, refusing to look at anyone else. The Headmaster just continued to stare at me, which only increased my worry about what he thought about my spell.

"What is the reversal spell?" Dumbledore asked. I relaxed slightly. At least no one was yelling.

"A simple Finite or Finite Incantatem would remove the spell." I told him.

He was silent again, but it didn't last as long as his previous one. "I must say Miss Black that your spell does sound fascinating. To block an opponent's senses in a duel would most definitely aid the caster, and it would most likely allow them to win the duel.

"Miss Black, it takes a very smart and powerful witch or wizard to create their own spell, and even then, it is incredibly difficult. You are a very skilled witch to be able to create that spell at such a young age."

I blushed slightly at his complement. "It was nothing Professor."

"Nonsense, you not only created a spell, you also saved someone's life today. In fact, I'm going to award 50 house points to Gryffindor for your quick acting and bravery today. Now, I believe that I have held you here long enough. Why don't you go on down to the great hall for lunch. I'm sure that all of this excitement today has made you all very hungry."

After thanking the Professor, we all stood up to leave the office.

"One more thing Miss Black," I heard Dumbledore say. We stopped and turned around to look at him. "I recommend that you not tell anyone about the spell you created unless you feel that it absolutely necessary for them to know. I trust that you all can keep it a secret?"

"Of course Albus," Carlisle agreed. "I will make sure that my family will not tell anyone."

"We promise as well Professor." Hermione said, also agreeing.

I smiled at my friends, silently thanking them.

"Well, now that that is all cleared up, off you go." Dumbledore said and proceeded to shoo us out of his office.

"Well, that went well." Ron said after we stepped out onto the hallway.

I rolled my eyes at him "It could have been worse. Dumbledore didn't even say anything about me performing underage magic outside of Hogwarts, not to mention the fact that I was in a muggle neighbourhood. I was only sixteen."

"Hold on." I heard Alice say. I turned to look at her expectantly. "You just said that you were sixteen when you created that spell. Yet you were seventeen when we met you. We celebrated your eighteenth birthday."

Yeah, and what a disaster that day turned out to be. I thought to myself. "When Dumbledore told me that I was going to Forks, he also told me that I was going to pretend to be one year older than I actually am." I told her.

"Was that date even your birthday?" Rosalie asked. She didn't ask me spitefully, she just sounded curious.

"Yes, September thirteenth is really my birthday. But when I celebrated it at your house, it was actually my seventeenth birthday, not my eighteenth." I told them. All of the Cullen's seemed to exchange glances when I told them this and I couldn't help but stare at them suspiciously. I recognised that glint in Alice's eyes, she's planning something. (A/N: I know that at the very beginning of my story I said that it was 6 months since Bella last saw the Cullen's, well, I've changed it so that it had been almost a year. If you think about it, my story would make more sense this way.)

"Bella, may I ask you something?" Jasper asked carefully.

I smiled at him reassuringly. "Of course you can Jasper."

He smiled back in thanks. "When I attacked you on your birthday, why didn't you stop me then?"

"YOU WHAT!?...OUCH!" I heard Ron shout furiously before I kicked him in the shins. I could tell Jasper was still beating himself up over that incident, and I had still yet to tell my friends the reason why I came back to Hogwarts. They knew I had my heart broken, but they didn't know the events that led up to it.

"A few reasons really. One, you didn't actually know that I was a witch, so if just started using spells, I'm pretty sure you all would have freaked out. Two, I'm fast, but I'm not that fast. Everything had happened so fast that I wouldn't have time to even pull out my wand. And three," I blushed a little, "I didn't even have my wand on me."

"Bella," I heard Harry say in a very calm voice, but I could hear the fury behind it. I shivered a little. Nothing could creep me out more than Harry's scary calm voice. "Are you telling me that you forgot your wand for a second time, especially when you needed it the most?"

"Err...yes?" I said, but it came out more as a question.

Harry groaned. "I swear, one of these days you are going to get yourself killed, just because you didn't have your wand with you. Maybe if I glued it to your forehead, you wouldn't have so much trouble forgetting it."

I glared at him and started walking towards the staircase to get to the great hall, I was hungry. I could hear everyone following behind me. "Harry, it's not my fault. Alice made me wear a dress! Where the hell do you suppose I hide my wand?" (A/N: I know in New Moon Alice didn't make Bella wear a dress, but lets just pretend she did in my story.)

Alice huffed. "It's not like I knew that you needed a place to hide your wand, and besides, it was your birthday and you really needed to dress up."

I rolled my eyes but said nothing, just continued walking down the grand stair case. I decided that it was time we had a change of subject. "Harry, we need to start talking about the tryouts." I told him. From the corner of my eye I saw him nod his head.

"Your right, we need to decide who's made the team this year." I turned my head in Harry's direction and rolled my eyes again. He understood why, it was pretty obvious about who made the team this year. "Well, we still need to talk about it, we need to decide what days we're having practice and things like that." Harry continued.

"Your right." I told him.

"Hey Bella? When are you going to tell us who will be on the team?" Ron asked.

I thought about it for a moment. "Harry, how about we tell them after dinner this evening?" I asked my co-captain.

"In the common room?" I nodded my head. "Okay. I'm sure Thorn will be out of the hospital wing by then, if he isn't already. But then again, Madam Pomfrey will probably have her hands fall passing calming draughts out to everyone who was in shock after today's ordeal." Harry laughed. "Did you see Seamus? He practically fled from the stadium with tail between his legs. That's if he had one."

I shook my head and laughed, but paused when I saw that Jasper still looked rather upset. "Jasper." I called, gaining his attention. I stopped, which made everyone else stop to watch as well. I turned back to everyone. "You guys go ahead; I want to talk to Jasper alone for a moment." I told the group. Everyone looked at me curiously except for Alice, who I'm positive had seen what I'm going to say. I saw her smile gratefully at me before kissing Jasper on the cheek.

"Okay, we'll meet you down in the great hall." Alice said. She paused again to look at me before pulling me into a hug. I wasn't expecting that, so I awkwardly wrapped my arms around Alice's back. "Thanks Bella." I heard her whisper.

"No problem." I told her honestly. She pulled back and smiled then once again catching me off guard by kissing me on the cheek.

"Come on everyone." She said cheerfully before practically skipping off down the staircase. No one moved for a second until they shrugged and turned to follow her. I saw Edward hesitate for a moment until he was dragged down the stairs by Emmett.

I watched them go; staring dumbstruck at the place Alice was standing. In a slight daze, I turned back to Jasper who was watching me warily, as if expecting me to start screaming at him at any moment.

"She never ceases to amaze me, that wife of yours." I told him, trying to lighten the mood, it didn't work.

"What did you want to talk to me about Bella?" He asked me carefully.

I sighed and gestured for him to follow me. I led him to a deserted hallway, away from the nosy portraits on the great hall. I stood for a moment, trying to organise my thoughts. "I don't blame you." I told him finally.

His eyebrows furrowed. "I don't understand what..."

"Last yeah, at my birthday party," I interrupted him. Comprehension filled his eyes "I don't blame you for what happened."

"But how could you not?" He asked in a whisper.

I smiled at him. "It's like I said earlier in Dumbledore's office. Everyday, your instinct screams at you to drink human blood. Yet everyday, you fight that instinct. I can't blame you for losing control over that instinct. I know that it's hard for you to be around me, that whenever I or any other human are close you, your throat is engulfed by the burn that you are forced to endure, yet you still fight to remain your humanity. How is it your fault that when you were exposed to my flowing blood that you lost control? If it's anyone's fault, it was mine."

"Bella, what happened wasn't your fault." Jasper told me.

"But it was Jasper. First and foremost, I am a witch. When I discovered you were vampires, I knew that risks. I really should have been more careful when opening Alice's and Edward's gift. I'm a clumsy person Jasper, I should have been more careful."

"But you wouldn't have known what was going to happen." Jasper insisted.

"But neither did you." I retorted. "You couldn't have foreseen that I would injure myself. Neither could Alice. We both know how her gift works. I didn't decide to suddenly give myself a paper cut and you didn't decide to attack me until it was too late for both of us to do anything about it. Maybe if I had told you guys that I was a witch sooner, maybe none of this would have happened, but Dumbledore is right. We can't dwell on the past, but instead we need to concentrate on the future. I'm sure that after you tried to attack me, you were wishing that you had more self-control, am I right?" Jasper nodded his head. "Well, just concentrate on overcoming your instinct for the future. You're not alone Jasper. You have a whole family behind you that supports you, and will help you. If you need someone to talk to, talk to Carlisle, if anyone can listen to you it's him. I'm sure if you talked to Edward as well, he would help you. We all know how much trouble he had with the scent of my blood. With your families help, I'm sure that you can overcome your thirst."

Jasper was quite for a moment, contemplating my words. I knew I was right. The Cullen's would help support him without a moment's hesitation.

Finally, Jasper looked at me. "Can you forgive me about what happened last year?"

I rolled my eyes at him in exasperation. "Jasper, haven't you been listening to me. There really is nothing to forgive."

Jasper smiled. "Thank you Bella." I was about to answer, but suddenly his face grew very serious. "Bella, you know, you're not alone either."

I faltered. "What?" I asked confused.

"You can fool everyone else Bella, but you can't fool me. I can feel your emotions. I know what you feel every time you see Edward, when you hear his name. You may appear happy and cheerful on the outside, but on the inside is another matter." Jasper said as he watched me carefully.

"I-I don't know what you mean." I denied quickly.

"Bella," Jasper reprimanded me softly. "You can't lie to me; I can feel your panic."

I sighed in defeat and looked at Jasper warily. "How long have you known?" I asked him. He knew what that I meant 'how long had he known that I still loved Edward.'

He smiled sadly at me. "Since Esme's first Potions class, when we were making Amortentia."

"Of course you have." I groaned. "Does Edward know?" I asked.

Jasper shook his head. "Alice warned me the morning of that lesson that I should block my thoughts. She didn't tell me why, but when I felt your emotions, I understood."

"Is he listening in now?" I asked, wary once again.

Again, Jasper shook his head. "I'm translating the bible from English to Japanese, then into Gaelic in my head. He's probably very annoyed with me right now."

I shook my head in slight amusement. "I'm sure he is." I could just imagine the grimace Edward would have on his face. "Why haven't you told him about my feelings?" I asked him curious.

"Alice and I agree that this problem is best sorted out between you and Edward. And for once, Alice is not interfering."

"She must find that very difficult." I told him.

Jasper smirked. "Oh I know she is. She takes her frustration out on me at night, not that I'm complaining, but Edward usually does."

I blushed and then groaned. "Urgh, please Jasper, your almost as bad as Emmett." I complained.

Jasper laughed. "I know." His face once again grew serious. "I was telling the truth earlier, you're not alone. You're friends are always there to help you, and as you can tell from earlier, Alice is always there if you want to talk to her, so are everyone else in my family. Our family. Esme and Carlisle still love you like you're their daughter; Emmett and I still see you as our younger sister, Alice still thinks of your as her best friend and sister and even Rosalie is starting to warm up to you. And Edward, well, you'll have to talk to Edward about what he thinks of you."

I smiled a little. "Thanks Jasper."

"It's alright." Jasper smiled suddenly. "You know, this week has been quite hectic. More than once I've had to reassure Edward about the feelings between Harry and you are strictly platonic. I told him countless times that you only see Harry as a brother, and that Harry only sees you as a sister. It frustrates Edward to no end about how he can't read Harry's or your mind." (A/N: Remember, to Edward, Harry's mind is fuzzy.)

I froze for a moment. Why would Edward need to be reassured about me feelings towards Harry? Unless...? No, Edward himself told me that he didn't want me anymore. It's just wishful thinking.

"We should head to the Great Hall; I'm sure their going to start worrying about us soon." I told Jasper.

He nodded his head in agreement. Right on cue, my stomach rumbled loudly, emphasising just how hungry I had gotten. Jasper laughed, which caused me to blush brighter.

Side by side, Jasper and I left the abandoned hallway and started walking to the Great Hall and I took the time to think about what Jasper was saying.

Did they really think of me as family? I couldn't stop the hope bubble up. Although almost a year since they left, my feelings towards the vampire family never lessened. If anything, the feelings I had for them seemed to greaten. When the left, I realised just how much I had taken for granted what I had. I had never appreciated the effort Alice put in for my benefit. She had bought me mountains of clothes, but she only had my best interests at heart.

When Jasper had kept his distance from me, I had always thought that he didn't like me, yet now I realise that he had kept the distance from me as a precaution. I had assumed that when we spent those few days together when hiding from James that he had gotten over his aversion to my blood. Yet what we got back, he was back to being distant. When the Cullen's left, I had realised that he had kept a safe distance away, just to keep me safe.

When Rosalie had hated me back at Forks, Edward had told me that Rosalie was just jealous of me. I had never understood before. I mean, why would Rosalie be jealous of me? She was gorgeous. Yet I had never really realised just how much Rosalie wished she was human. Edward had told me that she was a vampire because of something that happened to her, similar to what almost happened to me in Port Angeles, except that no one was there to save her. Now I understand just how much I took my humanity for granted back then. I could now understand why Rosalie hated me because I was willing to throw my humanity away, just so I could be with Edward.

"Bella?" Jasper voice announced, knocking me out of my thoughts.

I look over to him and blushed. I hadn't even realised that we were standing in front of the doors of the Great Hall. I smiled at Jasper gratefully when he gestured for me to enter first.

My gaze moved along the Gryffindor table until I spotted my friends. I smothered my gasp when I noticed that they were sitting with the Alice, Edward, Emmett and Rosalie (Carlisle and Esme were sat at the staff table) and they all seemed to get along. Although I noticed that they seemed a little wary, they were still conversing with each other.

I smiled when Ron spotted Jasper and I and started waving us over. As I sat down and pulled some sandwiches on my plate, I thought about if I would still give up my humanity to Edward if we ever got back together.

I reached over the table to pour myself some pumpkin juice but a pale hand beat me too it. I looked into Edward's eyes as he carefully poured me some juice into my goblet and I couldn't help the slight blush that rose to my cheeks when he smiled at me and placed the goblet down in front of me.

The answer was difficult. I was sure of my feelings for Edward. I knew that I was still in love with him, painfully so, but I was still confused about Edward.

Jasper was right; I really needed to talk to Edward.


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